MassDevelopment Seeks Proposals for Redevelopment of State Pier
MassDevelopment has just published the State Pier RFP. To view it, please click here. We’ve been informed that interested parties should register at the site to access and download the document and...
View ArticleSmall Business Storefront Grant Program Expanded!
The Office of Housing and Community Development has expanded it’s Storefront Façade Program. The Enhanced Façade Improvement Program is designed to revitalize commercial neighborhoods, stimulate...
View ArticleNew Bedford Advanced Manufacturing Campus RFP Now Available!
The City’s Advanced Manufacturing Campus RFP is live and available to view here. Situated on Hathaway Road in New Bedford with direct access to I-195 and Route 140, this sought-after site is a unique...
View ArticleCity Seeks Proposals for Business Park Site, 241 Duchaine Blvd
The City of New Bedford recently published its RFP for 241 Duchaine Blvd., located within the business park. To view it, please click here. Please note the following schedule: Solicitation Available...
View ArticleConnecting to the Offshore Wind Industry in New Bedford
By Steven FroiasContributing Writer From the windows of the New Bedford Economic Development Council’s office at 1213 Purchase Street, we can see the future Bristol Community College (Bristol)...
View ArticleNew ARPA Funded Programs to Assist Existing & New Businesses Launched Today
NEW BEDFORD, MA – With the firm belief that strong entrepreneurial ecosystems strengthen businesses, close access gaps and help build community wealth, the New Bedford Economic Development Council...
View ArticleNew Bedford Creative and the Art of Community Prosperity
By Steven FroiasContributing WriterGerard Beltrán Salinas worked for more than 30 years as a journalist in Santiago de Chile. Now, he calls New Bedford home.Beatriz Oliveira accomplished the mission...
View ArticleHealey Administration Announces $78M for New Grant Programs to Support Small...
BOSTON – Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration and Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation (MGCC) announced two new grant programs totaling $78 million in funding to support Massachusetts small...
View ArticleAn NB100! Business Sets up Shop in the Neighborhood
By Steven Froias Contributing Writer At first glance, it may seem somewhat of a mystery as to why Ian Shields opened Coastal Provisions at 142 Arnold Street in West End, New Bedford. In terms of...
View ArticleEmbracing the Outdoors: New Bedford’s Vibrant Hospitality Scene
By Steven FroiasContributing WriterAs the sun shines brightly over the City of New Bedford this summer season, a palpable energy fills the air, drawing patrons and businesses alike to the great...
View ArticleHousing development proposed for long-vacant Keystone lot
NEW BEDFORD — A housing developer plans to build dozens of new apartments on a vacant lot in the heart of downtown. The lot at 193-197 Union St. has been empty since 2004, when the Keystone Building...
View ArticleNew Bedford Sen. Montigny Secures $4 Million for Zeiterion Renovation
BOSTON (WBSM) — Sen. Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford) announced today that the Senate Committee on Ways and Means has provided $4 million in state funding to complete the renovation of New Bedford’s...
View ArticleThe Roaring Twenties continue for #NBCreative
Welcome to another edition of the #NBCreative blog year-end wrap-up. In the last blog post, which you can read here, we revisited three significant arts and culture impacts during 2023. In this one,...
View ArticleNew Bedford, MA: Defining America’s new downtown
By Steven Froias For the New Bedford Economic Development Council If you were told that a downtown in America was seeing multi-millions of dollars poured into its anchor institutions and spaces,...
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